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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1988
Page
21
Dozens of forest fires erupted across Israel on a Saturday as police detained two Arabs suspected of setting blazes amid Palestinian protests over the West Bank and Gaza Strip. In Gaza a 9 year old boy was hospitalized after a rubber bullet wound.
Treasury Secretary James A. Baker III calls the world economy healthier than at any Reagan era summit as seven nation talks near. He cites no new policy moves due to election concern and Bush campaign chatter as he focuses on the economy amid election distractions. Meantime, California aqueduct water service resumes after quake damage to the AD Edmonston Pumping Plant is repaired, with no shortage due to stored supplies.
In Ohio the Super Lotto main numbers were 3 11 82 33 35 37 with Kicker 3 4 7 2 8 8. The Number drew 824 and Pick 4 was 3464. In Pennsylvania the Daily Number was 5 8 9 and the Big 4 Lottery 3 1 0 0.
Four railroad tanker cars toppled near downtown Columbus causing traffic closure on a major thoroughfare. One person hospitalized with minor injuries after inhaling vapors from anhydrous trimethylamine. three cars not leaking while others held butane and empty contents. The incident occurred around 12 15 PM near Ohio 315 and Goodale Boulevard with police closing highway entrances.
A Kuwaiti newspaper reports Arab leaders agreed to a monthly subsidy of 42 million dollars for the Palestine Liberation Organization. The payment adds to 128 million dollars in annual support by Gulf states for the Palestinian uprising in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Iranian gunboats attacked a West German freighter and the British owned supertanker Esso Demetia, 350 miles apart. One crewman died and two were wounded. An AUS official called the raids a direct defiance of American power in the gulf. A U.S. warship was sent to aid the Esso Demetia off the Saudi coast after it issued a general appeal for help.
AP reports in US News excerpts that Oliver North proposed using Anglican envoy Terry Waite as bait to provoke Muammar Gadhafi's death during the 1986 U S attack. North rejected the plan and instead drafted a White House statement calling the death fortuitous.
A Democratic report from three senators states the early anti-missile defense plan cannot be deployed before 1998 and would cost more while offering less protection than the administration claims. The 110 page memo by Senate Appropriations majority staff was released by senators Lens Bennett Johnston Dale Bumpers and William Proxmire.
Thunderstorms are forecast today from northern Minnesota to western Texas and southern Florida. Highs in the 80s, lows around 55 to 60, with improving conditions into Monday. Through the period, fair weather returns with mid to upper 80s and some 90s, and winds from 5 to 15 knots with 1 to 3 foot waves near the bay and harbor.
The Associated Press reports unseasonably cool conditions across the eastern half of the nation and the Pacific Northwest. Thirty three cities reported low temperature records, with Knoxville Tennessee noting a 47 degree low breaking a 1878 record and Nashville tying a 1877 mark. Rain was sparse, with only light showers or thunderstorms in southern Florida.
A severe thunderstorm grips the town with heavy rain and lightning raising fire risk. Fire crews urge residents to clear dry brush and check electrical systems as warnings spread. Local officials ask for extra vigilance and report no major evacuations yet.
Daimler Benz will pay nearly 12 million dollars to laborers and families harmed by forced wartime work for the Navi effort. Heng Galinski of the West German Jewish Council calls the delay a betrayal, noting many have died before compensation. The company, a major West German producer of buses and Mercedes automobiles, links to several subsidiaries.
OPEC President Rulwanu Lukman urged all 13 members to set aside differences and reach a production pact to stabilize the floundering oil market. He said only a consensus accord would send clear signals to the market during the organization’s mid year gathering in Austria.
Elizabeth Taylor arrives in Caen with Malcolm Forbes aboard Forbes’ private jet to attend the 13th international ballooning festival at Forbes' Normandy castle. Forbes denies engagement rumors as Taylor joins the celebrity event in France.
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